January 28, 2009 / Arts and Entertainment

The Hudson Highlands Nature Museum in partnership with the Greater Cornwall Quadricentennial Committee and the Cornwall Presbyterian Church presents the first in their Quadricentennial Evening Speakers Series: 1609 Henry Hudson Explores the Hud More...

County Players presents String of Pearls, the heartwarming drama written by Michele Lowe and directed by Rosalind Ashford Croshier, on February 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, and 21 at 8pm and February 15 at 2pm. More...

Merce Cunningham Dance Company (MCDC) presents the sixth in a series of signature, site-specific performances at Dia:Beacon titled Beacon Events. February's Beacon Events will directly engage the work of Dan Flavin. More...

Imagine, just when life finally offers you fame and fortune, Death comes knocking at your father's door. If you answer, the opportunity slips away. If you don't, Dad dies alone. What do you do? How can you leave him? More...

Violinist Gwen Laster performed on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 for the Inaugural Neighborhood Ball that was televised on ABC. She performed with Columbian-born singer Shakira in a rendition of Van Morrison's On the Bright Side of the Road. More...

Trouble the Water, the 2008- 2009 Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary, directed by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal and slated for a January 30 showing at the Philipstown Depot Theatre, is a difficult film to watch. More...

Get ready for some toe-tapping musical entertainment for all ages as George "Mr. Spoons" Gully plays the spoons, accompanied by piano and string bass, at the Howland Public Library, 313 Main Street, Beacon, on Saturday, February 28 from 1- 2:30pm. More...

The West Point Band Chamber Recital Series will continue on Sunday, February 8 at 3pm in the Jewish Chapel and will feature a variety of works centered around Staff Sgt. Scott Beaver on tuba. Staff Sgt. More...

Kent residents Marcus Lovett and Eleanor Reissa will read a new play by Arts on the Lake President Bob Rogers at the Member Event this Friday, Jan. 30 at 7:30pm at the Lake Carmel Cultural Center, 640 Route 52 in Kent. More...

The Howland Chamber Music Circle's mid-winter Piano Festival 2009 continues with a performance by pianist Frederic Chiu, winner of an Avery Fisher Career Grant, the Petschek Award of the Juilliard School and a fellow of the American Pianist Associa More...

The Butterfield Library is excited to welcome Irene Keyes back for a new season of Play Math with Me beginning Wednesday, February 4 at 1pm and continuing for four weeks to end on March 4 (There will be no program on February 18). More...

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